Australia implemented Magnitsky-style laws in 2021 but critics say little has been done to sanction human rights abusers from the Asia-Pacific. Read more: Australia's Magnitsky-style sanctions go unused in Asia-Pacific, critics say – ABC NewsContinue Reading
Join Human Rights First, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, and the Southern Poverty Law Center for this urgent briefing on how gender- … Read more: Countering Attacks on Education & Equal Rights – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading
Geneva (Switzerland), March 6, 2025 (SPS) – A conference was organized today, Thursday, under the auspices of the South African Embassy in Geneva … Read more: Annual report on human rights violations in Western Sahara 2024 presented at UN Human …Continue Reading
… human rights without discrimination or fear of reprisal.” Agnès Callamard is available for interviews on women's rights and gender justice around … Read more: International Women's Day: The world must resist mounting attacks on gender justiceContinue Reading
Silenced by Surveillance The Impacts of Digital Transnational Repression on Journalists, Human Rights Defenders, and Dissidents in Exile. March 6 … Read more: The Impacts of Digital Transnational Repression on Journalists, Human Rights … – The Citizen LabContinue Reading
Nate Lankford will speak at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law seminar "Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape: … Read more: Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape: The Growing Divide Between Europe …Continue Reading
At a time of rising authoritarianism, ever-increasing inequality and the rollback of basic human rights the world over, this moment presents a (…) Read more: On the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, whither gender equality?Continue Reading
Russia's human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has claimed that Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna had no procedural status in Russia … Read more: Russia's human rights commissioner claims Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna killed in …Continue Reading
Together, we must stand firm in making human rights, equality and empowerment a reality for all women and girls, for everyone, everywhere,” said … Read more: One in four countries report backlash on women's rights in 2024 | UN WomenContinue Reading
Human rights defenders are now calling for urgent legal reforms to criminalize acts of Gender Based Violence and Femicide in the country. Read more: Human rights defenders call for urgent legal reforms to criminalize GBV, FemicideContinue Reading
A United Nations expert warned Wednesday that human rights defenders in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo face a high risk of … Read more: UN: Human rights defenders in DRC risk reprisals, abuses – VOA AfricaContinue Reading
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 6, 2025: Hassan Fathi, Ramin Alayi and Mohammad Araghi who were on death row for murder drug-related offences in … Read more: Group Hanging of 3 Men in Tabriz – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 6, 2025: Mehrdad Asgariabadi, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Arak Central Prison. Read more: Mehrdad Asgariabadi Hanged in Arak; 9000 Executions Recorded in Iran in Past 15 YearsContinue Reading
… Human Rights for South Sudan's politicians to show more commitment to the peace processes. Tensions in South Sudan are rising, and this week the … Read more: Anglican Communion speaks into United Nations Human Rights Council about tensions in …Continue Reading
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has strongly condemned the sentencing of Tajik journalist Rukhshona Khakimova, … Read more: International Human Rights Activists Demand Release of Tajik Journalist Rukhshona KhakimovaContinue Reading